November 14, 2019
Kidney Transplant Day Two
What I can say definitively about Day Two of my kidney transplant is that it was infinitely better than Day One! Sometimes a little mayhem comes right on the heels of miracles. So it was with me. The hard days of recovery are not over, but life’s hard days never are.
So here’s my plan, hatched out of a little touch of Day Two despair.Â
Today was very rainy today in “sunny Florida.”
Tonight the sky is dark without a star in sight, and I am reminded that physical darkness can so easily twist and turn into something much worse — emotional and spiritual darkness.Â
I don’t need to get to that place. I am counting on your prayers to help me remember that stars are still in the sky even on the darkest nights. We simply cannot see them for a time.Â
Sarah Williams has written some wonderful words in her book, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse. These two lines have led me through many a dark night.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
As I lean again into the poem’s message, I’ll remember that Transplant Day Three is just minutes away.
God of the Sparrow 🌱 By Kathy Manis Findley 
Prayers continue for you in the darkness and growing time, in the harder and easier. Please feel the arms of love around you.
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Thank you for comforting words, Maren. Always.
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You are in my prayers during this event. I am looking toward a healthy smiling Kathy sitting near me at church. Thank God for doctors and diners! Terree Newberry
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Your words lift me closer to hope and a new normal, Terree. Thank you.
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Kathy I prayed for you in the dark hours before the dawn today. I will continue to lift you up. Love to you.🙏💕🙏 Molly
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After all these years, it’s such a joy to still have you as a friend, Molly. Thank you for your prayers.
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